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• Maryland

History comes to life during annual compeition

Howard County Public Schools host a History Day competition with projects completed by individuals or groups of students at the school level with the possibility of advancing to the county level.

• Maryland

Reservoir special-needs students free to help with office work [Highland/Fulton]

For a variety of tasks, from labeling, to stuffing goodie bags or counting out tickets, students are available to help

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: 'Hamilton,' Trump and diversity

Cal Thomas nominates Fox News commentator K.T. McFarland for either U.N. ambassador or secretary of defense.

• Opinion

Sunshine and crowds at Highland Day Celebration

The annual Highland Day Celebration that was postponed until Oct. 31 was a huge success. Over 50 local businesses supported the day by purchasing ads in the online directory. There were over 20 patrons plus nearly 90 sponsors.

• Howard County

Delta Scholars are the pride of our community [Highland/Fulton]

Congratulations to our Delta Scholars! This year's Delta Scholars Induction Ceremony was held recently and recognized over 30 young ladies who have 3.0 or higher GPA and are committed to providing community service.

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Foo Fighters' outrageous photo policy, Kacey Musgraves' humor, and more

• High Schools

Fulton Elementary on front line in Battle of the Books [Fulton/Highland]

Fulton Elementary School fielded three teams in the Battle of the Books.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 3/18/15

• Readers Respond

An ineffective way to look at teachers

Teacher evaluation process too important and difficult to be left to critics and economists

• Baltimore City Paper

New report offers suggestions to improve Baltimore City schools

• Maryland

Michelle Rhee: A win for teachers and children

• Maryland

Michelle Rhee: A win for teachers and children

• Colleges and Universities

New Baltimore schools chief navigated complex terrain in Milwaukee

Newly named to head Baltimore's public schools, Gregory E. Thornton has unfinished business in the district he is leaving behind

• Charter Schools

New Baltimore schools chief navigated complex terrain in Milwaukee

• Opinion

Maryland education needs fundamental reform [Commentary]

It is clear from all the trumpeting of "We're No. 1" that Maryland's political-educational establishment is tone deaf to its own confusion, all the more reason not to leave education reform to the politicians.

• Opinion

Maryland education needs fundamental reform [Commentary]

• Business

Red Maryland's fact check of O'Malley's last State of the State

Red Maryland attempts to fact check O'Malley's State of the State speech.

• Opinion

Red Maryland's fact check of O'Malley's last State of the State

• Opinion

Alonso's final report card

Alonso left Baltimore's schools in much better shape, but can his successes be sustained?

• Educators

Alonso's final report card

• Educators

Michelle Rhee's education organization gives Maryland policy, reforms a grade of D+

• Education

Grasmick to overhaul teacher training at Towson University

Nancy S. Grasmick, the former state superintendent of schools, will lead a new initiative at Towson University to improve teacher education programs, the university announced Tuesday.

• Colleges and Universities

Grasmick to overhaul teacher training at Towson University

• Baltimore City

Large number of city teachers receive unsatisfactory evaluations

A significant number of Baltimore teachers — in some schools as many as 60 percent of the staff — have received unsatisfactory ratings on their midyear evaluations as the system moves to implement a new pay-for-performance contract that's considered a bellwether for a national movement.

• Baltimore City

Large number of city teachers receive unsatisfactory evaluations

• High Schools

Michelle Rhee speaks at the Meyerhoff

• Politics

City delegate proposes mayoral control of city schools

• Michelle Rhee

More than 200 D.C. teachers fired for poor performance evaluations

• Opinion

In Digital Age, schools that succeed are schools that connect

Technology, not test scores, will point students toward the future

• Opinion

In Digital Age, schools that succeed are schools that connect

• Health

Cheating scandals put tests in the spotlight

Across the country, teachers and other staff members have been accused of sharing test questions in advance with students, watching over their shoulders as they take tests to point out wrong answers and correcting their mistakes, all to inflate scores and satisfy federal and state mandates.

• Elementary Schools

Cheating scandals put tests in the spotlight

• Opinion

Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance

Educational activist says Baltimore City Council should be commended for supporting event that questions high-stakes testing

• Educators

Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance

• Michelle Rhee

Harvard educator and researcher defends Michelle Rhee's tenure

• Educators

What Michelle Rhee got right

• Michelle Rhee

No cheating allowed

• Michelle Rhee

No cheating allowed

• Freedom of Information Act

High number of erasure marks shadow soaring test scores in D.C. schools

• Educators

Alonso's buyout plan: putting the best teachers in the classroom

• Opinion

Real leaders for schools

• Educators

Did 'Superman' defeat the BTU contract?

• Opinion

Teachers begin voting on progressive contract

• Educators

Michelle Rhee cites Baltimore in justification for tough tactics

• Opinion

Pay for performance?

• Educators

Big changes for city teachers

• Opinion

Fire ineffective teachers? What a concept

• Educators

Schmoke builds new life in DC

• Michelle Rhee

D.C. principal found dead at Md. home, SUV missing

• Maryland General Assembly

O'Malley has work to do on Race to the Top